Monitoring a sports draft based on a need of a sports team and the best available player to meet that need

• US 20070203591A1
• Filed: 02/27/2006
• Published: 08/30/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 02/27/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Bowerman Financial Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Bowerman Financial Incorporated
• Inventors: Bowerman, Maurice
• Granted Patent: US 8,485,876 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/90
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling

Abstract

A capability for monitoring the progress of a sports draft is provided that automatically determines, during the sports draft, the best available player(s) for the personnel needs of a sports team having a current selection in the draft. The capability may automatically update the draft order to take into account any trades that occur during the sports draft.

Claims

1. A method of monitoring progress in a sports draft, the method comprising:

determining a team with a next selection in the sports draft; and

automatically determining, during the sports draft, a best available player for a position on the team with the next selection in the sports draft based on personnel needs of the team.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said automatically determining comprises obtaining the best player available from a survey of a variety of sources.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein said automatically determining comprises automatically determining more than one best available player for a position on the team with the next selection in the sports draft.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein said automatically determining further comprises ranking the more than one best available player for a position on the team with the next selection in the sports draft.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein said ranking is determined from a survey of a variety of sources.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein said automatically determining comprises automatically determining the best available player for more than one position on the team with the next selection in the sports draft based on personnel needs of the team.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the personnel needs of the team with the next selection in the sports draft is obtained from a survey of a variety of sources.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein said automatically determining comprises automatically determining more than one best available player for the more than one position on the team with the next selection in the sports draft.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein said automatically determining comprises ranking the more than one best available player for the more than one position on the team.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the personnel needs are ranked based on a survey of a variety of sources.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying the best player available for the position on the team before the next selection in the sports draft.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the next selection in the sports draft is determined from a draft order.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the draft order automatically updates in response to any trades involving draft selections occurring during the sports draft.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the team with the next selection in the sports is automatically determined.

15. A system of monitoring progress in a sports draft, the system comprising:

means for determining a team with a next selection in the sports draft; and

means for automatically determining, during the sports draft, a best available player for a position on the team with the next selection in the sports draft based on personnel needs of the team.

16. A system of monitoring progress in a sports draft, the system comprising:

a processor to determine a team having a current selection in the sports draft, and to automatically determine, during the sports draft, a best available player for a position on the team with the next selection in the sports draft based on personnel needs of the team.

17. An article of manufacture comprising:

at least one computer usable medium having computer readable program code logic to monitor the progress of a sports draft, the computer readable program code logic comprising;

logic to determine a team with a next selection in the sports draft; and

logic to automatically determine, during the sports draft, a best available player for a position on the team with the next selection in the sports draft based on personnel needs of the team.

18. The article of manufacture of claim 17, wherein said logic to automatically determine comprises obtaining the best player available from a survey of a variety of sources.

19. The article of manufacture of claim 17, wherein the personal needs of the team with the next selection in the sports draft is obtained from a survey of a variety of sources.

20. The article of manufacture of claim 17, wherein said automatically determining comprises automatically determining more than one best available player for more than one position on the team with the next selection in the sports drafts.